Sec. 1057. Inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications
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The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, in coordination with the Election Assistance Commission, shall develop a uniform statement designed to provide recipients of such statement pursuant to this section of how they can register to vote and their voting rights under law. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require— each public housing agency to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection
(a)to each lessee of a dwelling unit in public housing administered by such agency— together with the lease for such a dwelling unit, at the same time such lease is provided to the lessee; and together with any income verification form, at the same time such form is provided to the lessee; each public housing agency that administers rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher program under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ), including the program under paragraph
(13)of such section 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection
(a)to each assisted family or individual— together with the voucher for such assistance, at the time such voucher is issued for such family or individual; and together with any income verification form, at the same time such form is provided to the applicant or assisted family or individual; and each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with Federal project-based rental assistance to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection
(a)to provide to the lessee of such dwelling unit— together with the lease for such dwelling unit, at the same time such form is provided to the lessee; and together with any income verification form, at the same time such form is provided to the applicant or tenant; except that the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the requirement under this paragraph with respect to Federal project-based rental assistance specified in subsection (e)(1)(D). The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall require each creditor that receives an application (within the meaning of such term as used in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1691 )) for a residential mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection
(a)in written form to the applicant for such residential mortgage loan, within 5 business days of the date of application. Nothing in this section may be construed to require any individual to complete an application for voter registration. As used in this section: The term Federal project-based rental assistance means project-based rental assistance provided under— section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ); section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); title V of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assistance under section 542 of such title ( 42 U.S.C. 1490r ); subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.); the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of the federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4588 ); or subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). The term owner has the meaning given such term in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(f) ). The terms public housing and public housing agency have the meanings given such terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) ). The term residential mortgage loan includes any loan which is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential real property (including individual units of condominiums and cooperatives) designed principally for the occupancy of from 1- to 4- families. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.